...The College Student’s Perception of Healthful Eating Abstract Current research suggests college students have fluctuating eating patterns and are confused about what constitutes a healthful diet. The purpose of this study was to identify the sources by which college students receive nutritional information and what constitutes the best dietary plan for maintaining a healthful lifestyle. The survey instrument used in this study measured the perceptions of college students about their practices in healthful eating and the sources they consulted to receive healthful eating information. It aligned with research that suggests college students choose to consult peers and the Internet for nutritional information over the consultation of a professional. The survey also suggested that college students understand fast food to be contradictory to a healthful lifestyle and choose to minimize their carbohydrate intake but are confused about the best dietary plan to maintain a healthful lifestyle. The results indicate that college students consult their peers and the internet over a professional with regards to healthful eating and that professionals in nutrition should find creative ways to demonstrate proper nutritional habits through the use of peer teaching and through avenues such as the Internet. Introduction Current college students and twenty-first century adults assimilate a wide spectrum of opinions on what determines if a person is healthy or not. Keeling’s research revealed...
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...Problem Specifically, this study attempts to answer the following questions: 1. What are the different eating habits practiced by Leyte Normal University College Students, in terms of: a. Sex? b. Age? c. Socio-Economic Status? 2. How can these different eating habits affect the studies of these students? 3. Why does eating habits affect the studies of students? Importance of the Study This study may prove useful to the following: • To the Students. Students may become aware of the importance of their eating habits to their studies and may learn to practice proper eating habits. • To the Teacher. Teachers can gain more knowledge in educating students about the dangers of bad eating habit. They can inform the students on how detriment it is to their health and consequently on their educational performance. • To the Administrators. To help provide a university with students that are healthy. Definition of Terms Scope and Limitation of the Study This research study focused in knowing the importance of eating habits to the studies of the College Students of Leyte Normal University, ranging from 1st year up to 4th year. This research study is limited to the faculty and staff of the said school and the researcher of course. Hypothesis Academic Performance of the College Students of Leyte Normal University is affected by different eating habits. II. RELATED LITERATURE The Related Literature and Studies provide comprehensive...
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...The Eating Habits of University Students Kun Shan University Applied English Department Instructor: Todd Alan Clancy, Ph.D. April 2007 Class B Tsai, Chia-Hui Tsai, Shu-Chun Huang, Yan-Chu Li, Yi-Chen Yang, Hsiu-Ju Chen, Chih-Jung Group 9 (Becky) (Tess) (Candice) (Vicky) (Nina) (Joan) 4920Z069 4920Z069 4920Z096 4920Z100 4920Z103 4920Z104 i Abstract Eating habit is very important in everyone’s life, and we wanted to discuss that eating habits with university students, what they usually ate for a meal and the affection of their eating habits. In our study, we used a survey for designing. There were 100 university students from a university in Southern Taiwan participated this survey, and we entered the classroom to collect those data. In these data, we found 56% students skipped breakfast, we all know that breakfast is very important during the day, but it is confused why so many people still do not eat breakfast. We also found university students’ eating habit is unhealthy; high fat, high calories and lack of vegetables and fruits caused serious burden to students. Most students do not concern of In order to realize their eating assimilating nutrients and prefer snacks as their meal. habits deeply, we analyzed what’s the difference between live off-campus, home and dormitory. health. Also, we wanted to find out what a bad eating habit will cause to their In our study, we also discussed the food of school’s cafeteria. We thought the school’s...
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...The Eating Habits of University Students Kun Shan University Applied English Department Instructor: Todd Alan Clancy, Ph.D. April 2007 Class B Tsai, Chia-Hui Tsai, Shu-Chun Huang, Yan-Chu Li, Yi-Chen Yang, Hsiu-Ju Chen, Chih-Jung Group 9 (Becky) (Tess) (Candice) (Vicky) (Nina) (Joan) 4920Z069 4920Z069 4920Z096 4920Z100 4920Z103 4920Z104 i Abstract Eating habit is very important in everyone’s life, and we wanted to discuss that eating habits with university students, what they usually ate for a meal and the affection of their eating habits. In our study, we used a survey for designing. There were 100 university students from a university in Southern Taiwan participated this survey, and we entered the classroom to collect those data. In these data, we found 56% students skipped breakfast, we all know that breakfast is very important during the day, but it is confused why so many people still do not eat breakfast. We also found university students’ eating habit is unhealthy; high fat, high calories and lack of vegetables and fruits caused serious burden to students. Most students do not concern of In order to realize their eating assimilating nutrients and prefer snacks as their meal. habits deeply, we analyzed what’s the difference between live off-campus, home and dormitory. health. Also, we wanted to find out what a bad eating habit will cause to their In our study, we also discussed the food of school’s cafeteria. We thought the school’s...
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...solidified many of the negative stereotypes about college food and students’ unhealthy eating habits that we still hold today. Students are labeled as mindless overeaters who load up on junk food and unhealthy snacks and are believed to be clueless when it comes to healthy eating. Since Animal House was filmed, we continue to be bombarded with images and messages that students are hopeless eaters. It’s true that many students have difficulty moderating their eating, even those without clinical eating disorders. Studies on "normal" college eating habits highlight the unhealthy nature of many college students’ diets.1 Studies suggest between 30 to 70 percent of college students engage in "disordered eating habits." Disordered eating among college students can include weight preoccupation, binge eating, body dissatisfaction, obsessive focus on calories and fat, unhealthy eating, and compensatory behavior such as obsessive exercise and vomiting. While some eating problems don’t meet the full diagnostic criteria for anorexia and bulimia, they are a concern and warrant attention. "Disordered eating" and subclinical eating disorders/dieting can be distressing enough to interfere with academic work, health, relationships, and social life. Concerns about body image, body shape, body size, and weight control are well documented among certain college populations such as athletes, sorority women, and counseling clients.2 International students are another population that could be at risk...
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...having a consistent eating pattern, the correct amount of meals a day, as well as getting the recommended amount of energy and source of nourishment. However, healthy nutrition is often overlooked in certain age groups. When comparing college aged adults to older adults 25 and older there are many differences that come into effect. The amount of time, financial statuses, attitude, availability and how easy to obtain food lead to the many differences between the two groups. One study has shown that one of the most...
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...STRESS EATING AMONG FEMALE COLLEGE STUDENTS “Do Female College Students Eat More than Male College Students when Stressed?” Maxine Mempin and Tresha Mae Torino University of San Carlos, Talamban Campus Cebu City, Philippines Abstract College has been found to be stressful for many young adults (Pierceall and Keim, 2007). This study examines the relationship between academic stress and compulsive eating of college students in the various universities/collages in Cebu City, Philippines. Students (male and female) N = 60 were conveniently sampled in a form of an online survey. Results were gathered by the use of the Compulsive Eating Scale developed by (Kagan & Squires, 1984) and the stressful situations questionnaire SSQ by (Hodges and Fellings, 1970). The results were compared using Carl Pearson, coefficient of correlation (r). There was a medium, positive correlation between the two variables (r=.314, N=60, p=.015), with high levels of academic stress associated with high levels of compulsive eating. Then, an independent-samples t-test was conducted to compare the compulsive eating behavior scores for female and males. There was a significant difference in scores for females (M = 3.7543, SD = .72263) and males [M = 2.9125, SD = .91099; t (58) = 3.965, p = .00]. The research proves that the more stress a person feels in certain situations, the more likely they are to overeat. Specifically, female students stress eats more than male students. “Do Female College Students...
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...(CBS) Eating behavior under stress Term paper for ‘Empirical Social Research’ Summer Semester 2012 Student Names: Lena Business Psychology Table of contents 1 Introduction 1 1.1 How we conducted our task 1 2 Definitions 2 2.1 Stress 2 2.1.1 Positive stress 2 2.1.2 Negative stress 2 2.1.3 Origin of ravenous appetite under stress 2 3 Methodology 3 3.1 Survey research 3 3.2 Secondary data 3 4 Research Question and Hypotheses 4 5 Self-conducted survey 5 5.1 Survey 6 5.2 Outcome 6 5.3 Reliability, Validity and Causality 7 6 Secondary Survey 10 6.1 Survey 10 6.2 Outcome 11 6.3 Comparison between the two surveys 12 7 Conclusion 13 8 Bibliography 14 9 Appendix 16 10 Affidavit 1 Introduction ‘Stressed is Desserts spelled backward’ was already stated by Brian Luke Seaward (2001). This term paper discusses the issue of changing eating behavior in stressful times as in the students’ case: exam periods. Exam periods mean for most of the students a high level of stress due to...
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...years the rate of obesity among Hispanics has had a two-fold increase. (Health behaviors) My needs assessment was conducted using a survey instrument. The survey was given in February 2015 to undergraduate students at Montclair State University. I distributed surveys to fifteen Montclair State University undergraduate students of Hispanic origin. Individuals completed questionnaires assessing health behaviors (dietary fat, fruit/vegetable, dairy, and meat consumption), in addition to demographic and psychosocial measures. The average age of participants was 19 years old, 53% female and 47% male. This survey generated significant insight into the current and future fat behaviors of these graduate students. Findings indicated that there are high risk fat intake behaviors with Hispanic college students and suggest an intervention should conducted. a. Obesity rates are very high in many ethnic groups, especially Hispanics. The fastest growing group to enter college are Hispanics. 76.9% of Hispanics are overweight or obese in the United States. “Hispanics are less likely to seek evidence based treatment for weight loss ?(multiple health behaviors). The results of my survey showed that the major health issue with these participants is a high fat intake diet. Most participants had a very low green vegetable intake score and a high fat intake score. The survey indicated that 80% of participants said they had “rarely or never” consumed vegetables in the past month. In addition, 53% of...
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...THE EATING HABITS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE HRM STUDENTS A Undergraduate Thesis Presented to The Faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences of University of Perpetual Help System DALTA Alabang-Zapote Road, Pamplona 3, Las Piñas City In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor ofArts Major in Psychology Table of Contents Title i Table of Contents ii Chapter 1: The Problem and its setting Introduction Theoretical Framework Research Paradigm Statement of the Problem Hypothesis Significance of the Study Scope and Delimitation of the Study Definition of Terms Review of Related Literature and Studies Foreign Literatures Foreign Studies Local Literatures Local Studies Synthesis Chapter 2: Research Methodology Research Design Population and Sampling Respondents of the Study Research Instrument Data Gathering Procedure Statistical Instrument of Data Formula Bibliography Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Introduction It is an accepted fact that food is fundamentally necessary in order to function effectively as a human being. It basically strengthens us with the necessary nutrients to help us live and survive in this material world. Eating habits help a person to perform work especially for the young ones who are studying. With the right...
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...With an estimation, the incidence of obesity will reach 50-60% of the population are obese in many countries by the year 2030. From National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS, 2011), the obese adult with aged 18 and above, has accounted 27.2% which equal to 4.4 million. Contradiction to the conventional wisdom, the epidemic obesity has threatened not only developed but developing country, which the obesity-related illness have marked approximately 115 million (WHO, 2016). Obesity increases risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, coronary heart diseases, high blood pressure, cancer and sleeping apnea (National Institutes of Health (NIH), 2012). Obesity has ranked as the fifth global leading death (Al-Rethaiaa, Fahmy & Al-Shwaiyat, 2010). In addition, a report about Globesity done by Bank of America Merril Lynch (2012) stated the number of adult death is reported with minimum 2.8 million per year is contributed by obesity which need extra 40% of total health care cost than normal people. The numbers of obesity have escalating over the decades and have become an epidemic disease which affect the quality of life. It increases the mortality rate and burden on government health care system in term of cost, sources and workforce. We eat to obtain energy and nutrients for survival and growth. Healthy eating is vital to obtain sufficient nutrition and health throughout life. However food...
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...Introduction to Primary Research: Observations, Surveys, and Interviews by Dana Lynn Driscoll This essay is a chapter in Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Volume 2, a peer-reviewed open textbook series for the writing classroom. Download the full volume and individual chapters from: • Writing Spaces: http://writingspaces.org/essays • Parlor Press: http://parlorpress.com/writingspaces • WAC Clearinghouse: http://wac.colostate.edu/books/ Print versions of the volume are available for purchase directly from Parlor Press and through other booksellers. This essay is available under a Creative Commons License subject to the Writing Spaces' Terms of Use. More information, such as the specific license being used, is available at the bottom of the first page of the chapter. © 2011 by the respective author(s). For reprint rights and other permissions, contact the original author(s). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Writing spaces : readings on writing. Volume 1 / edited by Charles Lowe and Pavel Zemliansky. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-60235-184-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-60235-185-1 (adobe ebook) 1. College readers. 2. English language--Rhetoric. I. Lowe, Charles, 1965- II. Zemliansky, Pavel. PE1417.W735 2010 808’.0427--dc22 2010019487 Introduction to Primary Research: Observations, Surveys, and Interviews Dana Lynn Driscoll Primary Research: Definitions and Overview How research is defined varies widely from...
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...Drugs and College Students Victoria Lyles-Savage Professor Stone SOW 301-01 Drugs and College Student In today’s society there are a number of college students and teens, who misuse prescription drugs for nonmedical reasons along with street drugs such as marijuana, ecstasy, heroin and steroids. Drugs and alcohol use on college campuses is universal. This has been an epidemic that has grown across the United States. According to Yusko,Buckman, White, and Pandina; alcohol and drug use in college is one of the more serious problems faced by colleges today .Another study stated that 90 percent of teens said they have used alcohol, over 50 percent have used marijuana, 17 percent used cocaine and 13 percent have used some form of hallucinogenic drug. Athletes are at risk to drug use because of the increased physical demand of athletics and heightens stress and time constraints placed upon them by fulfilling the dual role of being an athlete and student (Yusko, Buckman, White, Pandina, 2008). Peer pressure in itself is an epidemic and strongly impacts nonathletic individuals as well. The use of prescriptions drugs for nonmedical use is higher than are use of cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, ecstasy, and inhalants all combined. Prescription Opioids result in more drug abuse deaths than both cocaine and heroin combined (Katelyn Rozenbroek& Rothstein, 2011).There are a lot of factors that drive teens and college students to turn to drugs and alcohol. The highest rates of...
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...Students of Cohort23: Health Enhancing Behaviors, Healthy Attitudes and Meal Patterns By Sandra M. Hagans Wilmington University Peer Review: January 2014 Introduction Health is linked to the way many people live their lives. Healthy behaviors can be defined as many things such as non-smoking, physically inactive, moderate alcohol intake, healthy eating, safeguards to sexual activity, vitamin intake and positive relationships. (Phoenix, Mo & Winnie, 2009). Whereas unhealthy behaviors can be defined as abusing alcohol or drugs, unbalanced nutrition and the lack of physical activity. There are many issues around eating healthy such as the cost of healthy foods, taste i.e. good versus bad, or the availability or access, or weight control (van Kleef’, Otten, and van Trijp, 2012). Examples of unhealthy dietary patterns that have become increasingly prevalent include irregular meals and frequent unhealthy snacks dominating eating habits (Spanos & Hankey, 2009). The importance of a healthy lifestyle and well-being are receiving an increasing amount of attention and Phoenix and Winnie (2009) noted that The World Health Organization estimated that 50.8% of deaths are attributed to diseases closely related to unhealthy lifestyles. Social and cultural aspects of people’s food choices that involve their attitudes and motives behind their food choice have been recognized as important factors (Fjellstrom, 2004). This has important health implications for health care costs, and...
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...willing to look for help with stress management (APA Survey 2004). What are the major sources of stress and the ultimate techniques to help reduce one’s stress level? The study by Ross, Shannon and colleagues in 1999 helped bring better understanding about sources of stress among 100 students at a Midwestern university and hoped to be the first step for creating stress management programs appropriate for college students. College students face many attributes that would cause one to become stressed. Not only will they need to adapt to their new surroundings, fellow students, and professors, but also realizing that they are now out of their comfort zone. A student going to an out-of-state university, leaving behind friends and families is a stressor for students. Class schedules and assignments to be completed and turned into to the professor for grading is not what some students are accustomed to when in high school. The unfamiliar school setting that a student is familiar with is now just part of their past. They are now in entering the world of adulthood. Better Understanding of Stress According to the American Psychological Association Survey 2004, two-thirds of the adults in America are more likely to seek stress-related help. This survey also reported that 61 percents of working American agreed that heavy workload is a significant impact of work stress level (APA Survey 2004). Being a fulltime undergraduate student with a fulltime paralegal position at a privately...
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